Edinburgh university backs student who mocked Isis

Robbie Travers, 21, a law student at the University of Edinburgh, was accused of disseminating hate speechGetty Images

An undergraduate who was accused of putting “minority students at risk and in a state of panic and fear” by posting comments about Isis on social media has been cleared of misconduct.

After the US air force dropped a “massive ordnance air bomb” on an Isis stronghold in Afghanistan in April, Robbie Travers, 21, a law student at the University of Edinburgh, wrote on his blog: “Excellent news that the US administration and Trump ordered an accurate strike on an IS network of tunnels in Afghanistan. I’m glad we could bring these barbarians a step closer to collecting their 72 virgins.”

In another post he wrote: “I won’t give elements of Islam or Muslims who hold regressive beliefs a free pass for their . . . poisonous bigotries…

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